Details of the Humber Gateway Wind Farm Have Been Announced By E.ON

E.ON’s announcement that the Humber Gateway wind-farm is to consist of a 73 turbine array, which will enable generation of about 219MW of electricity.

E.ON says that this will be sufficient energy to power approximately 170,000 homes in the UK.

CEO of E.ON UK, Dr Tony Cocker issued a statement to the effect that it was not just an important announcement for E.ON but an announcement for the UK that is quite significant.

He continued that it was a vital part of meeting energy challenges that are to be faced, that E.ON increases its proportion of electricity that will be generated from a low carbon renewable source.

The Humber Gateway is to be located 8 kms off of the East Yorkshire coast, which is just north of the Humber River mouth. Work on the site is to start during March with the construction of the on-shore substation, and this is to be completed by Spring 2015.

The project is aimed at creating 1,000 jobs during its construction period and another 30 roles that will maintain and operate the wind farm when it is fully operational.

The announcement from E.ON forms a part of €2bn - £1.7bn, program of investments in the offshore wind, and will encompass the Humber Gateway – 219MW – which is of the coast of the UK, Kårehamn -48MW –that is off the Swedish coast, and Amrumbank - 288MW - off the German coast.

The Amrumbankproject will be the first of E.ON’s commercial offshore wind farms sited in Germany and will make use of the Siemens 3.6MW turbines. The Kårehamnand Humber Gateway and will make use of the Vestas V112 3.0MW, turbines.

All of the offshore projects form part of an €7 bn programme of investment which will take place over the following 5 years, in which E.ON is to create solar, biomass and industrial scale wind power.